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They don't come much more badass than Isao Machii. Dubbed the "Heisei Samurai" or "Modern Samurai" he's a five-time Guiness World Record holder for feats such as slicing a BB pellet in half mid-flight with a sword.

Blake Reynolds, the artist over at Dinofarm Games, has written a long post about why the studio's games will no longer use pixel art. It's an interesting read, and perhaps the most fascinating part is his breakdown of Street Fighter's animations.

Fanart Friday returns, and today I'll be your guide to revisit the adventure a lot of us started 15 years ago. Last week, we celebrated Mother's Day with fanart galore of the sweetest fictional moms we know and love.

A brand new visual have been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Takemaru Inui's Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga that features more monster girls that will populate the July TV series.

Idea Factory have announced that Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation has a new release date on Steam: June 2nd. The game will be available for $29. 99, but for the first few days after launch, one will be able to buy it for 50% ...

"Fate/Grand Order" - New Lancer Class CM Posted by pKjd on May 16, 2015 @ 8:37 am 16 May The official website to the upcoming mobile game, 'Fate/Grand Order', has updated with a TV ad for the new Lancer class - voiced by Mamiko Noto.

6 new monthly Robot Girls Z shorts to debut in Japan on Wednesday Media service Crunchyroll announced at its Anime Central panel on Saturday that it will stream the Robot Girls Z Plus anime series. The new series of six monthly Robot Girls Z anime...

Creator Hiro Mashima draws imageboard for next film after Phoenix Priestess This year's 25th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that a second anime film of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga has been green-lit.

IGN posted the alleged concept art from the upcoming 2017 Power Rangers film has surfaced online. Said concept art features the Red Ranger and Pink Ranger Zords. The said images were first spotted at the Cannes Film Festival and what's interesting...

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed has proved to be quite the successful title for XSEED Games, with the English localized version of Acquire's beat 'em up adventure RPG receiving releases on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.

"Wakaba Girl" - Anime Cast Revealed Posted by pKjd on May 16, 2015 @ 3:39 am 16 May A cast list for the upcoming TV anime comedy, 'Wakaba Girl', has been revealed. The new series is slated to premiere July 3rd on Tokyo MX's 30-minute programming b...

The twice a month schedule for Sailor Moon Crystal is a rough one for fans of the series, but it's that time again and a new episode has arrived to kick off the weekend! ! There's a lot going on with the Sailor Moon franchise in general lately as ...

"Bikini Warriors" - TV Anime Coming July 2015 Posted by pKjd on May 16, 2015 @ 4:12 am 16 May According to the official website, a TV anime adaptation of Hobby Japan and MegaHouse's collaboration project, 'Bikini Warriors', has been green-lit for ...

So, training camp? More like, goof around at a hot spring and sightsee camp! Alright, i'm not gonna lie, i'm a little disappointed that it's not the same remote island from the original anime. However a hot spring does open up a new can of worms a...

Namie Amuro released the music video for "Birthday" off of her new album, "_genic". Several programs have featured the video. The music video is based on a birthday, just as the title suggests. To convey the fact that a birthday is a special day o...

S. H. Figurarts Announces 'Sailor V' Anime Figure Posted by Chris Beveridge May 15, 2015 at 12:14 PM With a lot of great figures already from S. H. Figurarts for the Sailor Moon line, is anyone surprised that Sailor V is getting her time in the sun?

Asia's largest art event rules over Tokyo for two days JAPANESE STREETS went to visit the 41st Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight. Over 10,000 artists exhibit, buy and sell work at this gigantic art event.

The official website of the anime adaptation of Eiji Masuda's Jitsu wa Watashi wa (The Truth Is I Am. . . ) manga has revealed that the series will be airing from July 7th this Summer. In addition, a brand new visual and the anime's character desi...

Ex. THE KIDDIE members Yuudai, Yuusei and Yusa have started their own YouTube Channel under title "GUTS AND DEATH". They have both Japanese and International channels, where they will be posting new videos everyday and every week under names YD, Y...

Double Eleven announced that the PlayStation 4 version of Q-Games's Nom Nom Galaxy would be coming out on May 12th. What wasn't initially mentioned by the studio was what happened to the previously announced PlayStation Vita version of the game.

A preview of the cover of the upcoming issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine has revealed that a second anime film based on Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga is currently underway. The issue itself will be released in Japan on the 20th.

Sekai Project will be publishing Front Wing's visual novel The Fruit of Grisaia in English for Steam on May 29th. The date was revealed by the game's Steam page going up. The Fruit of Grisaia is the first of a visual novel trilogy that has since g...

An anime character's age might never change, but the voice talent playing them does, and the franchise's generations of fans recently received the sad news that voice actress Nobuyo Oyama, the voice of Doraemon himself, is suffering from dementia.

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